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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Script to "Grow" Fourth Partition of T.S. SD Cards [1 Attachment]
From: Russ Nelson <>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:47:40 -0400
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Hi, Derek.  I made a few changes to your script.  I hope you think
they're improvements.  Feel free to share them with the mailing list.


On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 00:52 +0000, Derek wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Some of you might find this of use...
> 
> I have recently taken some time to create a script that will automatically 
> expand the fourth partition of a Technologic Systems SD card to take up the 
> full capacity of your SD card (works with JFS and EXT3).  
> 
> For example, say you have the 512MB SD image for a TS-7350 or TS-7800 and you 
> have just imaged a 4GB SD card with it.  Now, you want to take advantage of 
> the additional 3.5GB for Debian.  Simply run this script like "grow_sd 
> /dev/sdb" (assuming /dev/sdb is the device node  where your SD card was 
> enumerated; use "fdisk -l" to find out) and the script will do it for you.
> 
> You can download this script here (may need to "right-click -> save target 
> as..." to download):
> 
> http://oz.embeddedarm.com/~derek/Grow_SD_Card/grow_sd
> 
> I tested it out on a couple of different cards (both jfs and ext3) with 
> success.  Just remember to back up your data.  This script doesn't come with 
> any sort of warranty.  ;)
> 
> Be sure to check out the comments within the script for more information.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Derek Hildreth
> Embedded Systems Engineer
> Technologic Systems
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 



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